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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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