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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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