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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these new open education initiatives. Educators want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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