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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning technology have enabled students all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Slovenia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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