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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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