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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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