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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in digital education technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also addresses the major 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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