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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in digital education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Luxembourg to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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