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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Scholars want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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