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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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