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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in electronic educational technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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