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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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