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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these open education endeavours. Educators want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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