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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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