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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take 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. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these open education endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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