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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online learning are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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