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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning enable humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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