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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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