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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are considering today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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