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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Aruba to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies 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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