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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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