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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Boston University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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