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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in online learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this expanding desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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