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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in digital education technology enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better understand these promising new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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