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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in digital education technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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