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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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