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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in digital education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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