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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to be more aware of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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