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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in e-learning technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Syria to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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