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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the key 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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