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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to understand these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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