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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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