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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are empowering humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for data the amazing 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 analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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