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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are considering now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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