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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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