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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online education technology are empowering humans all around the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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