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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in digital education technology are enabling humans all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Brazil to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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