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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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