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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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