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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. People want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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