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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in electronic education technology make it possible for humans all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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