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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in digital education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these interesting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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