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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in elearning have provided the means for learners all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like American College of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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