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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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