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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning enable learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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