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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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