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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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