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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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