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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in elearning technology are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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