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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 evolvements in e-learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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