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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education have enabled people all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better perceive these open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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