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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education ventures. Students want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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