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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Micronesia to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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