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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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