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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these interesting new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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