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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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