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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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