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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in e-learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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