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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these open education initiatives. Scholars want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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