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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic education technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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