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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in learning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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