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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education have enabled students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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