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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online education technology have made it possible for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Wake Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better comprehend these open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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