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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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