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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Professors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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