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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the key 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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