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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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