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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning enable learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Finland to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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