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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Switzerland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also investigates 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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