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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these important new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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