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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in e-learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Estonia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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