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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in e-learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Namibia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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