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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions are considering now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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