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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better perceive these exciting new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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