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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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