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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in elearning enable students all over the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these new open education ventures. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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