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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning make it possible for students all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better grasp these new open education undertakings. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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