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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in elearning enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Public servants want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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