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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology have made it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. 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 MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Kiribati to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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