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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in online courses. 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. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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