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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online education are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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