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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mauritania to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these open education experiments. Trainers want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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