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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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