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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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