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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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