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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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