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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in digital education technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open education initiatives. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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