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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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