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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in e-learning are enabling people all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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