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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education technology enable students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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