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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology have empowered students all around the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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