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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in elearning are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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