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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like LinkedIn to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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