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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to better understand these promising new open educational ventures. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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