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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online education are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Saudi Arabia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Universities want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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