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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning are enabling humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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