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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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