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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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