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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering students all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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