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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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