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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online education make it possible for people all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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