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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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