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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Dominican Republic to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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