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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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