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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in elearning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. 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. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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