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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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