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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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