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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in digital education technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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