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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic educational technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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