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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in elearning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open education ventures. Public servants want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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