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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education have empowered students all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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