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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning have enabled humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Korea, North to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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