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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are considering now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better understand these open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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