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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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