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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning are enabling students all around the world to participate in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Moldova to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better perceive these important new open education initiatives. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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