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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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