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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education have empowered students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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