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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in elearning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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