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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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