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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better understand these compelling new open educational undertakings. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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