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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in elearning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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