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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in electronic education technology are empowering learners all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better grasp these significant new open education undertakings. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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