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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in digital education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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