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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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