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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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