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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in electronic educational technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cuba to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better understand these new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources