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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education are empowering people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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