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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cuba to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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