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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning enable people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Davidson College to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. People want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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