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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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