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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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