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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic education technology enable learners all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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