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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Davidson College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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