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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Northern Cyprus to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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