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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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