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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly 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 many issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Professors want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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