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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Malta to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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