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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like China, People's Republic of to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to be more aware of these promising new open education endeavours. People want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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