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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ross Dependency to conduct these massive open online courses? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Professors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also researches the 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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