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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Zambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education undertakings. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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