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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education have made it possible for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic 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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