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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning enable learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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