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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in online learning have empowered students all over the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education ventures. Scientists want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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