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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in digital education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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