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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education are enabling students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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