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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in e-learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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