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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Uruguay to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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