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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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