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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ross Dependency to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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