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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic educational technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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