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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in digital education technology enable people all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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