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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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