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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning enable people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like New Zealand to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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