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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning enable learners all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mexico to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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