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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning enable learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. People want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes 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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