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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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