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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology enable humans all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open education undertakings. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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