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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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