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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic educational technology enable people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education undertakings. Educators want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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