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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Vanderbilt University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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