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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these new open education undertakings. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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