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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in digital education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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