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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in digital education technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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