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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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