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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better grasp these compelling new open education initiatives. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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