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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in electronic educational technology enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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