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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in digital education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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