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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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