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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in learning technology are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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