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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johnston Atoll to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Everyone wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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