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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these significant new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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