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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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