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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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