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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in e-learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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