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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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