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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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