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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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