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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. People want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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