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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better understand these important new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this developing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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