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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in digital education technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Vatican City to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also examines 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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