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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in digital education technology have enabled students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Kingman Reef to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. People want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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