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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This gripping new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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