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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Jersey to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Lecturers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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