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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these open education ventures. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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