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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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