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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in online learning enable people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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