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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Instructors want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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