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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The Ohio State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to be more aware of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Students want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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