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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning have enabled humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better grasp these interesting new open education ventures. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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