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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better grasp these compelling new open education undertakings. Public servants want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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