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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Scholars want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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