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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in elearning enable learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like New Caledonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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