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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic education technology enable people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education undertakings. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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