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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in technology-enhanced learning enable people all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses the 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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