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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning technology make it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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