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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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