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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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