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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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