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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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