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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology are enabling learners all over the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that elearning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? This book conveys life-changing stories that might inspire others to try experiencing MOOCs and open education. How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Croatia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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