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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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