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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Suriname to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these significant new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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