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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in learning technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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