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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Universities want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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