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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online education technology make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Academics want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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