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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these new open educational initiatives. Academics want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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