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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning are making it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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