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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online education are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Benin to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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