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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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