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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in e-learning technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Norway to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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