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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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