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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in e-learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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