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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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