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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in digital education technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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