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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Midway Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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