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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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