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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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