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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education are enabling students all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also describes the key 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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