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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations must deal with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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