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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education are enabling students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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