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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Santa Clara University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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