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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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