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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like South Ossetia to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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