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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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