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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology are enabling students all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to understand these promising new open education endeavours. Scientists want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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