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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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