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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better comprehend these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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