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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Monaco to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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