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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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