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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in digital education technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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