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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better perceive these exciting new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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