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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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