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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in elearning have empowered humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are considering in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Mali to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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