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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better understand these fascinating new open education endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also explores the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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