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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these significant new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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