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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in digital education technology enable learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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