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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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