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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in elearning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Researchers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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