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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in elearning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also considers the key 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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