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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in digital education technology enable people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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