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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning are enabling humans all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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