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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online learning technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these open education experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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