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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in e-learning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Moldova to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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