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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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