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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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