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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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