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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education make it possible for people all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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