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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in electronic education technology are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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