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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning have made it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Greece to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the authoritative 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 articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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