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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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