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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning are enabling students all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Belarus to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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