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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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