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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational undertakings. Educators want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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