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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in e-learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also studies the most important 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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