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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology enable learners all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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