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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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