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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Utah State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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