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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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