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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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