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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in digital education technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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