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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Houston System to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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