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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Micronesia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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