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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education technology enable students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ecuador to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better perceive these exciting new open education endeavours. Students want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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