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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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