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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic educational technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Washington to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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