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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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