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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in digital education technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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