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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Fiji to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the 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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