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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open education undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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