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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic education technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Nicaragua to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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