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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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