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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning enable people all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open education endeavours. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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