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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johnston Atoll to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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