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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in elearning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this crescive desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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