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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology enable students all around the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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