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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Belarus to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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