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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic education technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Japan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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