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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Guyana to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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