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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online education are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Vatican City to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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