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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in elearning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Students want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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