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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in online education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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