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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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