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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in elearning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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