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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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