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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in digital education technology are enabling students all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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