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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yemen to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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