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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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