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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in e-learning have enabled students all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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