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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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