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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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