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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Belize to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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