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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online education have enabled humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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