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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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