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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning have empowered learners all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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