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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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