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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology enable learners all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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