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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bowling Green State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these exciting new open education endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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