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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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