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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open education endeavours. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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