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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in digital education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Slovenia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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