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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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