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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in digital education technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better understand these open education ventures. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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