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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning are empowering humans in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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