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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Tonga to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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