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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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