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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in digital education technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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