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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in e-learning have empowered humans all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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