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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational endeavours. People want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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