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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Excelsior College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also discusses the most important 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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