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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in digital education technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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