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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in learning technology are empowering students in nations all aver the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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