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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning are enabling learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better perceive these promising new open educational initiatives. Educators want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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