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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in elearning have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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