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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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