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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in elearning technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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