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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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