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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peru to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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