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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in e-learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open education initiatives. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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