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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Lecturers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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