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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Samoa to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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