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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in digital education technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these interesting new open educational ventures. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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