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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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