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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Comoros to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education ventures. Academics want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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