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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in electronic educational technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to understand these important new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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