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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning have enabled humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like North Seattle Community College to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open education ventures. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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