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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these significant new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes 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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