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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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