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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology enable students all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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