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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Colombia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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