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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in elearning have enabled people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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