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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in digital education technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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