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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Clemson University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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