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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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