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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education technology are empowering students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Suriname to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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