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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are considering now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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