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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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