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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning have made it possible for learners all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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