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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic educational technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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