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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in digital education technology enable people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Houston System to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Professors want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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