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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Monaco to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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