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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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