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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online learning are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Georgetown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open educational ventures. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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