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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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