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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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