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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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