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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Reunion to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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