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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in e-learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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