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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Marquette University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these open education ventures. People want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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