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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in elearning have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Argentina to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. People want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the 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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