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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in elearning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to understand these new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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