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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Trainers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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