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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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