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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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