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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in online learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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