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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in digital education technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open educational endeavours. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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