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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are considering today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to be more aware of these open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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