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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in elearning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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