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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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