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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Belgium to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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