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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for learners all over the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Meetup to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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