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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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