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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in elearning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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