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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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