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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Navassa Island to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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