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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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