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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online learning technology are enabling students in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better understand these new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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