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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open education ventures. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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