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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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