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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online education are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This sensational new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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