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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)