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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in digital education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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