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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to understand these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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