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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in online classes. 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. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these open educational ventures. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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