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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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