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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online education technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education endeavours. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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