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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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