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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in e-learning enable students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these interesting new open education ventures. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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