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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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