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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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