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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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