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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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