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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic education technology make it possible for learners all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Senegal to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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