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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in e-learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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