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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education are enabling students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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