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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in online education technology have enabled learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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