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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Helena to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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