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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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