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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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