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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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