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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in elearning technology enable humans all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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