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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in digital education technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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