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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these exciting new open education endeavours. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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