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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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