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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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