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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in digital education technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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