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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in e-learning are enabling humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Kingman Reef to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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