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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Teachers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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