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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in electronic education technology enable students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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