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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Tokelau to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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