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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these interesting new open education undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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