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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Wellesley College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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