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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Seychelles to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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