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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these exciting new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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