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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in elearning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because 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 be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Namibia to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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