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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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