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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for students 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 numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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