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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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