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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online education organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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