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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in elearning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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