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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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