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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Students want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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