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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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