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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online learning have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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