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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Greenland to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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