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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology enable humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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