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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational ventures. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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