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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like New Caledonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better grasp these compelling new open educational endeavours. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new 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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