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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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