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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning enable humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these new open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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