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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in digital education technology enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this developing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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