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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning are making it possible for humans all around the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the most important 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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