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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Niger to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this developing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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