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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to understand these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Professors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)