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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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