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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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