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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning enable people all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Jordan to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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