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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in online education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to consider now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bermuda to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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