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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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