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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kiribati to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open education undertakings. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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