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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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