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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to understand these new open education endeavours. Corporations want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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