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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education make it possible for people all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these open education endeavours. Academics want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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