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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education enable people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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