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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically 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 quite a few topics that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these interesting new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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