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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these open education ventures. Professors want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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