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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in elearning have enabled students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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