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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational initiatives. Academics want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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