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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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