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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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