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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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