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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in electronic educational technology are enabling humans all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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