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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in digital education technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like San Diego State University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also investigates 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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