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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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