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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Reunion to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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