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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in learning technology are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Professors want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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