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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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