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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Elidaemy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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