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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Clemson University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Educators want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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