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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these open educational ventures. Lecturers want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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