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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Eritrea to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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