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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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