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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ecotech Institute to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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