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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in e-learning enable students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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