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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning have empowered humans all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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