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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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