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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Public servants want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also deals with 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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