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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in digital education technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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