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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning are enabling humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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