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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews 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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