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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in online learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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