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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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