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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in digital education technology are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Botswana to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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