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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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