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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic education technology enable humans all over the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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