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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in digital education technology are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Researchers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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