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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in online education have enabled people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better grasp these intriguing new open education initiatives. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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