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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in electronic educational technology enable learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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