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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology have empowered students all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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