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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online learning technology enable humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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