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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in e-learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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