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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education undertakings. Universities want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This gripping new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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