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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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