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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education technology enable people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Afghanistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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