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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in learning technology enable learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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