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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in elearning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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