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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these compelling new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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