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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ukraine to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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