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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic education technology are empowering learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open educational initiatives. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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