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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education