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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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