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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open education ventures. Scientists want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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