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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this expanding demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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