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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Baker Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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