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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in e-learning have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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