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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online learning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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