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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in online learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like New Zealand to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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