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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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