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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in online learning enable students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like The Ohio State University to conduct these MOOC courses? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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