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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning are enabling students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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