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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning enable students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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