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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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