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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Elidaemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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