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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in digital education technology make it possible for people all over the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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