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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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