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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online learning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are considering in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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