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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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