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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online learning are empowering people all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these open education undertakings. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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