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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology enable students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to understand these new open educational undertakings. Professors want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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