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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Guernsey to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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