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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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