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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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