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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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