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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning make it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open educational initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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