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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ecuador to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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