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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in digital education technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. 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 MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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