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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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