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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in digital education technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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