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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online education technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these important new open education ventures. People want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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