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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in learning technology have empowered students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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