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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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