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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. People want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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