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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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